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The Current Rant
12-30-03 Food, Magic & Westerns: The Novels of Joanne Harris Serena Trowbridge travels to the Birmingham Book Festival to meet and speak with Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, The Five Quarters of the Orange and Holy Fools about Magic Realism, Feel-good fiction, Clint Eastwood and all-you-can-eat literature.12-20-03 The Award-Winning Agonies: Literary Awards & Our Book-Buying Habits A look at the major awards, who gives them, who votes, why and when the winners are chosen, and how they affect our book-buying habits. A thorough list of awards, winners, voters and enough scandal to keep things lively.
11-25-03 An American Feast: Giving Thanks for Our Hillbilly Killers From Flannery O'Connor to Tobe Hooper, via James Dickey, Charles Willeford and William Gay, Americans off the grid and on the griddle prepare a feast of bad news about the All-American high-fat, low carb diet.
From Flannery O'Connor to Tobe Hooper, via James Dickey,
Charles Willeford and William Gay, Americans off the grid
and on the griddle prepare a feast of bad news about the
All-American high-fat, low carb diet. Terry D'Auray looks at Gay-themed detective novels from
Joseph Hansen and Michael Nava. Featuring LBJ, the Monkees,
the Beatles, and special guest star Raymond Chandler. My
Life in the Bush of Books, Part 6: From Great American
Novels to British Invasions All new column design, Win and Meredith Blevins, Gregory
Maguire, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, KQED Studio tour
and KUSP Pledge meeting. Serena Trowbridge looks at the British fascination with
history, Chaucer and meets Monty Python's Terry Jones,
author of Who Murdered Chaucer? Featuring Peter
Ackroyd, Dan Simmons, and The Riverside Chaucer. My
Life in the Bush of Books Part Five: Talk slow, think fast,
read faster Rushing from Worldcon to a series of interviews and in
the process reading lots of books, including Spiro Agnew,
Charles De Lint, Dennis Etchison, Chuck Palahniuk, Katherine
Dunn, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Win Blevins, Meredith
Blevins, Charles Stross, John Burdett, Daniel Ellsberg,
Jonathan Lethem, Richard Lattimore, Homer, Dan Simmons, Walt
Disney (simulacrum), Tom & Ray Magliazzi. Return to the halcyon days of my vacation with my wife at
Torcon 3. Thrill to award ceremony gossip, more non-fannish
cluelessness and an update from Hugo winner David
Langford. Terry D'Auray examines the work of G. M. Ford, a mystery
writer who re-invented himself, re-invigorated his career
and is writing smart, top-notch material with his new-noir
Frank Corso mysteries. Close up with China Mieville, John Clute, Ellen Datlow,
Pat Cadigan, Jame Barclay, usenet gossip and once again, I
demonstrate my cluelessness about cons. Stalking Charlie Stross, dissing 'Firefly', loud
neighbors and the Loud Guy in Con Panels, China Mieville's
next novel, Jack Chalker breaks into my consciousness and
more only slightly embarrassing admissions. Reporting from Worldcon Toronto; Charlie Stross and Rain
on Cherry Blossoms. David Corbett and Jonathan Lethem latch on to the
subjects of racial relations, music, father-son relations
and gentrification in a way that makes reading one ofter the
other an especially rewarding experience. Mitchell Farthloob, Stephen King, Bram Stoker, Mary
Shelley, M. R. James, Chuck Palahniuk, Koji Suzuki,
Katherine Dunn, Jeff VanderMeer, Mary Roach, Ramsey
Campbell, Charles de Lint, John Connolly, Taichi Yamada The
Soul of a Monster: A Look at Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'
and Ellen Ullman's 'The
Bug' by Katie
Dean Ellen Ullman, Mary Shelley, Boris Karloff, Silicon
Valley, Percey Bysse Shelley, Villagers with torches. A look at how children play their part in crime and
terror fiction including Douglas Coupland, Henry James,
William Golding, Arthur Machen, Jack Womack, Mark Haddon,
Chloe Hooper, Laurie King, Alice Sebold, Glen David
Gold. Ian R. Macleod, Ken Macleod, J. Anthony Lukas, James
Weinstein, Socialism in America and Scotland, Arkham House
auto-buying, Vertical-Inc, Koji Suzuki, Chip Kidd, Osamu
Tezuka, Kaoru Kurimoto, Kenzo Kitikata, Taichi Yamada, Kaori
Ekuni, Randy Taguchi, Stanislaw Lem, Michael Kandel, and
Mark Schrieber. From
Whip Hand to Dallas: One Book's Journey from Cheese
to Choice William Gibson, Charles Willeford, Dennis McMillan, Jesse
Sublett, Don Herron, Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton
star in a stunning story of mystery, betrayal and book
sleuthing. Serena Trowbridge gives an insightful and entertaining
introduction to Philip Pullman's masterful fantasy trilogy
and the author himself. Terry D'Auray on George Pelecanos' Strange/Quinn trilogy,
our nation's capital with Dennis McMillan on the vagaries of
going up against those tricky publishers in Old Blighty. BUSPs, Change of Hobbit, Legends,
Terry D'Auray on William Marshall's Yellowthread series
and George Chesbro's Mongo Mysteries. From standing on a
chair in a San Francisco bookstore to Hong Kong with enough
torture and violence to satisfy those who demand such
goings-on. Now with fixed tables. Whipsawing between heavy-duty non-fiction and fluffy
light fantasy, Eric Schlosser, Margaret Weis, John Hubner,
James Lovegrove, James R. Morrow, William Gay, Adam Roberts,
Angela Carter, Flannery O'Connor, martin Amis, Ken Macleod,
Chuck Palahniuk, Alan Deutschman, Christopher Moore, Eugene
Ceruzzi. Jeanne Cavelos of Dell Abyss and Ginjer Buchanan of Ace
tell me about the fine points of publisher's imprints. Kathe
Koja, Dennis Etchison, Alastair Reynolds, Lisa Tuttle, Brian
Hodge, Patricia McKillip, Simon R. Green, Chaz Brenchley and
Jessica Amanda Salmonsen. Justina Robson, Ira Sher, Scott Edelman, Kristine
KathrynRusch, the return of the EVIL Genius of Michael
Chabon & Dave Eggers & and All Star Genre Fiction
Cast. Special Guest appearance by Stanislaw Lem. Hidden Shallows Neal Asher, Michael Chabon & Dave Eggers & and
All Star Genre Fiction Cast, Christopher Brookmyre, Magnus
Mills, Dan Simmons, Glen David Gold, Jasper Fforde, Joe R.
Landsdale. Peter Graves & Kent McCord, JRR Tolkien, James
Barclay, George R. R. Martin, Steven Erikson, Mary Gentle,
Robert Jordan, Steve Cockaye, China Mieville, Jeffrey Ford,
Jeff VanderMeer, Neil Gaiman, Robert Holdstock, Mark
Chadbourn, Clive Barker and Ricardo Pinto Carter Scholz, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Dan
Simmons, Cory Doctorow, John Meaney, Alan F. Troop, Ken
Macleod, Neal Asher, Justina Robson, Richard Morgan, Jon
Courtenay Grimwood, Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, George
Orwell Guest Columnist Carlyle Thompson on the ethics and morals
of what books to buy and where to buy them. Ramsey Campbell, Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Harris, Mo
Hayder, Mark Z. Danielewski, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne
Arensberg, Martin AMis, Jonathan Franzen, John W. Campbell,
Jr., Jack Finney, Thomas M. Disch, Alastair Reynolds, Neal
Asher, Richard Morgan, Anne Rice, Jonathan Carroll Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, David J. Schow, Maria
Alexander, Christa Faust, Geoff Cooper, Simon Clark, Christa
Faust Spookycon, Ramsey Campbell, C. J. Cherryh, Charles G.
Finney, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Happy Tree
Friends, Bill Moseley, House of 1000 Corpses. Subject
to Change Without Notice, The Ten (or Twenty) Best Books I
Read Last Year Neal Asher, Mark Bowden, Jonathan Carroll, Jasper Fforde,
William Gay, Glen David Gold, M. John harrison, China
Mieville, Richard Morgan, Alastair Reynolds, Chuck
Palahniuk, F. Paul Wilson, M. R. James, Tom Standage, John
Mortimer, Graham Joyce, Christopher Brookmyre, Paul
DiFilippo, Jeffrey Ford, Magnus Mills
Food, Magic & Westerns:
The novels of Joanne Harris
Serena Trowbridge travels to the Birmingham Book Festival
to meet and speak with Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, The Five Quarters
of the Orange and Holy Fools about Magic Realism, Feel-good fiction, Clint Eastwood and all-you-can-eat literature.
The Award-Winning
Agonies: Literary Awards & Our Book-Buying Habits
A look at the major awards, who gives them, who votes, why
and when the winners are chosen, and how they affect our book-buying habits.
A thorough list of awards, winners, voters and enough scandal to keep
things lively.
Bordors,Stephen King,
Harlan Ellison in Glass, Chloe Hooper, Chuck Palahniuk,
Jonthan Lethem, Jeff VanderMeer, and ME ME ME.